Nozir Hossain

Nozir Hossain
নজির হোসেন
Sunamganj-1 Jatiya Sangsad
In office
1991 – February 1996
Preceded byBadruddoza Ahmed Shuja
Succeeded bySyed Rafiqul Haque
Sunamganj-1 Jatiya Sangsad
In office
2001–2008
Preceded bySyed Rafiqul Haque
Succeeded byMoazzem Hossain Ratan
Personal details
Born1948/1949
Sunamganj District, Chittagong Division, East Bengal, Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
Died (aged 75)
Sunamganj, Bangladesh
Political partyCommunist Party of Bangladesh (before 15 October 1993)
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
SpouseSalma Akhter
ChildrenIbrahim Hussain

Nozir Hossain (1948/1949 – 28 March 2024) was a Bangladeshi politician in Sunamganj district of Sylhet Division. He was elected the first Member of Parliament from the Communist Party of Bangladesh in Sunamganj-1 seat in the 1991 Jatiya Sangsad. He joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 15 October 1993. Later, for the second time in February 1996 and for the third time in the 2001 the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was elected to the same seat.[1][2][3]

Early life

Nozir Hossain was born in Sunamganj district.

Political life

Hossain was once the leader of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB). He was elected the first Member of Parliament from the Communist Party of Bangladesh in Sunamganj-1 seat in the 1991 Jatiya Sangsad. He joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 15 October 1993. Later, for the second time in February 1996 and for the third time in the 2001 the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was elected to the same seat. He was defeated in the June 1996 election.[1][2][3]

Hossain was a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party 's Central Executive Committee. For 10 years Sunamganj was the BNP's general secretary. He served as the president of the district BNP for five years. During the tenure of the BNP government, he served as the chairman of the Standing Committee on the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare of 2001.[4]

Hossain was defeated as an independent candidate from the two seats of Sunamganj-4 and Sunamganj-1 in the national election of 2008. He was defeated as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party from Sunamganj-1 in the 2018 national election.[5][6][7]

Death

Hossain died on 28 March 2024, at the age of 75.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "List of 5th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b "List of 8th Parliament Members English" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali).
  4. ^ সুনামগঞ্জ-১: বিএনপির মনোনয়ন পেলেন সাবেক এমপি নজির হোসেন. Jugantor (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. ^ বিএনপিতে ফেরার চেষ্টা করছেন নজির হোসেন – সুনামগঞ্জের খবর » আঁধারচেরা …. archive.fo (in Bengali). 23 August 2019. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  6. ^ দ্বন্দ্ব ভুলে ভোটের মাঠে বঞ্চিতরা. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 19 December 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  7. ^ সুনামগঞ্জ-১ কেন্দ্রে ঐক্যফ্রন্ট প্রার্থীর ২৯ ভোট!. Samakal (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  8. ^ Former CPB lawmaker Comrade Nazir Hossain passes away BSS News